How to do Comanche archery Learn in depth practice drills to begin training in this lost and almost forgotten method of Comanche war archery. Comanche archers were the only archers in history who could easily defeat firearms, but how did they do archery? Today Dave Mead tries to explain how Comanche archers practiced fast archery, and what he was taught by Lars Andersen - the world's Fastest Archer.
I was commissioned to make Comanche style bows and arrows for the master archer Lars Andersen at the beginning of 2020. Making the bows and arrows plus animal hide arrow quiver and bow case took many months, the entire project to date is almost 2 years in the making. During this time under the direction of Lars I began training in the warrior form of archery specific to the Comanche and Plains Indigenous people. This was the most eye opening and exciting experience I have had thus far in all my years of archery. Lars is a great teacher and truly wants to pay homage to the Comanche warriors unparalleled archery. Coined "The Most Powerful Indian Tribe in American History" The amazing feats of Comanche archery were almost forgotten, we hope to bring it back and pass it along to all. I suggest anyone with an interest in being more intuitive and dynamic in archery to give this a try! We do not know if this is the original Comanche archery we have rediscovered but it fits descriptions and authentic equipment and works well on foot and horseback and can do everything described in historical sources

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references:
Empire of the Summer Moon Quanah Parker and the rise and fall of the Comanches, the most powerful Indian Tribe in American History by S.C. Gwynne
Joe Rogan video with S.C. Gwynne about Comanche and Lars    • The Unparalleled Archery and Horseman...  
Letters And Notes on the manners, customs and conditions of the North American Indians: Written during eight years travel by George Catlin (1796-1872)
George Catlin's letters and notes of North American Indians
Encyclopedia of Native Americans Bows, Arrows and quivers by Jim Hamm
Bows and Arrows of the Native Americans: A complete step-by-step guide to wooden bows, sinew backed bows, composite bows, strings, arrows and quivers by Jim Hamm
Mr. Carney Saupitty Jr. and the Comanche National Museum and Cultural Center
Timecodes
0:00 intro with Comanche Archery action
0:07 announcing video purpose, next video and thanking everyone
0:43 first practice drill begins
1:05 demonstrating drill
1:30 closeup demonstrating drill
1:55 continued speaking about and demo drill
12:48 examples of how it is used in action
3:11 discussing next more advanced drill
4:45 showing advanced technique 4 arrows into air at once
5:05 demonstrating the drill with bow and arrows
5:45 showing pinch draw and demo 3 shots 
6:18 again showing 3 shots slowly closeup
6:35 discussing how not to let ego control you
6:50 speaking about awareness
7:25 showing and discussing options of targets for training Comanche archery, how to set them up and use.
9:56 discussing longer range training and drawing back further
10:32 shooting at moving targets as taught by Lars Andersen
10:47 using left and right hand to shoot
11:31 pushing the bow as part of draw cycle and aiming 
13:35 what gear can be used for this
13:48 bamboo horsebow
14:17 vintage recurve with shelf
15:11 solid fiberglass bow
15:51 size differences between bows
16:20 nocks, standard vs Comanche
17:00 how I make nocks
17:28 why certain design nocks are important to become efficient
20:25 discussing feather fletch on arrows
21:00 new Comanche nocks I designed for carbon and wooden arrow shafts
21:47 discussing what video to watch next to learn how I make bows and arrows like this. 
22:37 Thank everyone for watching, mention part 2 and wish happy holidays
23:15 outtro 
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